He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.

Quote by Quintus Ennius

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Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.

Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.

No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.

No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.

He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.

He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.

They hate whom they fear.

They hate whom they fear.

O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in...

O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in...

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise

Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.

Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.

Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render...

Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render...

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still...

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still...

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still...

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Funerals are all abstract ceremony.

Funerals are all abstract ceremony.

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to...

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to...

If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours

If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated...

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...